Student Spotlight: Aly Pierik '14 | British Colombia, Canada

Student Spotlight: Erickson Smith '15 | Hyde Park, Massachusetts

Human Ecology is a perspective, not a discipline. It will remain incredibly relevant to my life because it is the way I will see the world. It has given me a habit of inquisitiveness, to question everything and not be satisfied with the first answer.

Student Spotlight: Khristian Mendez '15 | Guatemala City, Guatemala

Student Spotlight: Lauren Benzaquen '14 | Las Vegas, Nevada

The story I'm working on is drawing from some theories by philosophers and in literature and art. I feel that at COA I had this permission to take these different courses that I've really been interested in.

Student Spotlight: Jesse Karpinnen | Finland

Why did you choose to come to COA?It was an excellent combination of things I wanted from a college. It was close to nature and not a mainstream school. COA considers all its students individuals, rather than part of a huge institutional machinery.

Do you work on or off campus? If yes, where?I work with the marine mammal research group Allied Whale. I mainly work with Humpback Whale identification, but occasionally in the field.

Student Spotlight: Ellie Oldach '15 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"Students can have purposeful and meaningful discussions with faculty and other students. We can talk about what drives us, what keeps us going, and how to engage with opportunities to do those things."